C. A. (Charles A.) Higgins

Charles A. Higgins was an American writer and advertising agent connected with the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Reliable catalog and library sources identify him as the author of travel and promotional works such as To California and Back and To California Over the Santa Fé Trail, books created to showcase places reached by the railroad.

His writing focused on the American Southwest and California, describing routes, landscapes, hotels, and tourist sights for readers who might be persuaded to travel west by rail. That makes his work part guidebook, part advertisement, and part snapshot of how railroads introduced the region to a broad national audience.

Not much easily verifiable biographical detail appears to survive online about his personal life, but his publications clearly show his role in popularizing Santa Fe destinations through lively, accessible prose. For modern listeners, his books offer both travel writing and a window into the age of railroad tourism.